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Green · Portes du Soleil · near Châtel

Lac length, vertical drop and steepness

Lac starts near Châtel, in Portes du Soleil, at 1,683 m and drops 35 m over 216 m, to 1,648 m; difficulty: Green. Its steepest 20 m reach 30 %, #248 of the 380 named runs of Portes du Soleil measured by GeoPeaks; its average gradient is 16 %. Lifts to its top: Coquelets, Débutants, and Lac; it ends near Châtel.

Measured by GeoPeaks · data of October 29, 2026 · not figures of the ski area · How we measure

In feet and miles: 709 ft long; 115 ft vertical drop, from 5,522 ft to 5,407 ft.

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Shaded relief map of Lac with the runs and lifts around it
The run in its colour, with a white border: ▲ its top, ○ its end. Around it, the other runs in their colours and the lifts in grey-blue (thicker: those reaching its top). The scale bar’s length is written next to it; north is up. © OpenStreetMap · IGN · swisstopo · Copernicus · Credits
Length
216 m 709 ft
Vertical drop
35 m 115 ft
Average gradient
16 %
Steepest 20 m
30 %
Difficulty
Green
In the area
#248 by steepness, of 380 · tied

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Steepest 20 m: 30 %, 70 m from the top

top · 1,683 m216 mbottom · 1,648 m
  • under 15 %
  • 15–25 %
  • 25–35 %
  • 35–50 %
  • over 50 %

Similar runs nearby

Runs of Portes du Soleil with the closest gradient and vertical drop.

How it ranks in Portes du Soleil

Among the 381 named runs of Portes du Soleil measured by GeoPeaks. 1 run is left out: its line climbs back up, or has a short pitch far steeper than the rest — maybe a bridge, a tunnel or a cut that the bare-ground relief does not show. Steepest · Longest · Biggest drop

Questions

How long is Lac?

Lac is 216 m long, measured horizontally along its line, and drops 35 m, from 1,683 m to 1,648 m.

How steep is Lac?

Its average gradient is 16 %; its steepest 20 m reach 30 %, 70 m from the top.

Which lift goes to the top of Lac?

The top of Lac is reached by Coquelets (Drag lift), Débutants (Drag lift), and Lac (Drag lift).

Where does Lac end?

It ends at 1,648 m, near Châtel.

What difficulty is Lac?

OpenStreetMap marks it as: Green.

Measured by GeoPeaks on the 3D terrain (not figures of the ski area)
Length (horizontal)216 m 709 ft
Top1,683 m 5,522 ft
Bottom1,648 m 5,407 ft
Vertical drop35 m 115 ft
Average gradient16 %
Steepest 20 m30 %
DifficultyGreen (As mapped in OpenStreetMap)

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